by our College Data Analytics TeamLiberal Arts is a concentration offered under the liberal arts general studies major at Essex County College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in liberal studies, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Strengthen your communication and critical-thinking skills with this online associate in liberal arts degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Part-time undergraduates at Essex paid an average of $253 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $7,590 | $7,590 |
| Fees | $1,200 | $1,200 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,400 | $2,400 |
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Online degrees for the Essex liberal studies associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Essex Online Learning page.
Women made up around 63.2% of the liberal studies students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 63.3%.
Around 62.4% of liberal studies associate degree recipients at Essex in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 29 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 21 |
| International Students | 18 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 11 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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